Bright Eyes

Conor Oberst and his groundbreaking ensemble Bright Eyes have taken it upon themselves to redefine the parameters of folk music, fusing it with disparate genres while wallowing in intimacy, personal excess, and a weird, swollen, primal form of self-expressive urgency. Taken as a whole, Bright Eyes suggest a re-evaluation of folk music. The group reflects both the raw necessity of the genre’s early days, when artists like Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly were stylistically aggressive and avant, and the later efforts of 70s artists from the Southern California scene, who refined introspection to an art. Of course, it... Read More

Genre:

Folk, Folk Rock, Rock, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Omaha,
Nebraska,
United States

Formed Date:

1995

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